Th e two forms of austerity, Fascist and democratic, aligned in their success at thwarting dissent. Th is can be seen in the similar riseandfall patterns of worker strikes and the riseandfall patterns of compensation and wage share. Th e data presented in this chapter illustrate how the repressive drive of austere Italian Fascism behaved much the same as austerity in the British parliamentary democracy, both aft er World War I and today.

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 1475